Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, socialite, 1916

glass negative

5x7 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons ca 1916. Image taken possibly at Newport, Rhode Island, at a social gathering of the very well-off. Half figure, side view of Mrs. Katherine Duer Mackay, wife of the wealthy businessman, sportsman, family man, patron of the arts and investor Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) who was heavily involved with the development of the western United States. Handwritten negative sleeve info.: "10 / Mrs. Clarence MacKay. / Box 210". No original negative number. Handwritten on emulsion side of negative, "Mrs. Clarence MacKay". Videodisc address: 3-39119. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection